Exodus 18:24

So Moses obeyed the voyce of his father in law, and did all that he had sayd:

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

In Context

23If thou do this thing, (and God so command thee) both thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go quietly to their place.

25And Moses chose men of courage out of all Israel, and made them heads ouer the people, rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:2Then Iethro the father in lawe of Moses, tooke Zipporah Moses wife, (after he had sent her away)

Ezra 10:2Then Shechaniah the sonne of Iehiel one of the sonnes of Elam answered, and sayd to Ezra, We haue trespassed against our God, and haue taken strange wiues of the people of the land, yet nowe there is hope in Israel concerning this.

Psalms 78:53Yea, he caried them out safely, and they feared not, and the Sea couered their enemies.

1 Corinthians 12:21And the eye cannot say vnto the hand, I haue no neede of thee: nor the head againe to the feete, I haue no neede of you.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:14-27

Jethro's Advice to Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter,… Read the whole commentary →

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